Physician fee schedule 11% pay cut in store for urologist, in 2008

Article Overview

This article reviews the 2008 Medicare physician fee schedule and its anticipated impact on physician reimbursement across multiple specialties, with particular attention to urology. It covers the overall payment update environment, the role of conversion factor changes, revisions tied to relative value units and imaging-related payment adjustments, and other rule changes such as quality reporting, geographic cost calculations, e-prescribing timing, and therapy oversight. It is relevant to physician practices, specialty societies, and coding/reimbursement professionals tracking CMS policy changes.